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1970 BCS Age 50 years (2021-2024)

The age 51-53 sweep for BCS70 was carried out between 2021 and 2024 and data will be made available for research in autumn 2024.

Information about the exact procedures, response rate, and descriptive statistics is not yet available for the cognitive measures include in this sweep, but a list of the administered tests is provided below.

Three of the cognitive measures carried out in the previous age 46 sweep were re-administered (i-iii) and one new test was added (iv):

  1. Verbal fluency (animal naming) test
  2. Verbal learning / word list recall test (immediate and delayed)
  3. Timed letter search / letter cancellation test
  4. National Adult Reading Test (NART)

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BCS70 Age 50 (2021-2024)

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